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Mailing List InformationPublished to the list November 1999
EASTERNKENTUCKY MAILING LIST INFORMATION It is the intent of this mailing list, as the owners, to provide a safe and caring atmosphere for East Kentucky genealogy researchers. My rules have always been few and simple...NO FLAMING and NO OBSCENITIES. Violation of these will be cause for immediate and permanent removal from the list. For those who aren't sure what FLAMING is... it's anything that is rude or argumentative. I reserve the right to judge this, and our judgment will be final. I do ask that all members be considerate of others in posting a message/query to the list. Please always use a proper SUBJECT line, use all caps with surnames, give all pertinent information, always say thank you, and (please, please) be honest about who you are I encourage you to post your surnames often, because we have new members, daily. I also encourage you to continue bringing stories of East Kentucky History and Folklore to the list. Although I have always allowed other things to be posted such as: prayer request, recipes, and clean jokes, I ask that you limit these as a consideration to others. Reply to non-genealogy posts OFF LIST ONLY !!!
Email hoaxes have become so prevalent that they're regarded in some quarters as a threat to network integrity comparable to that of actual computer viruses. In these days of ever-increasing Spam, people are getting fed up with the amount of garbage clogging their inboxes.. zi would rather not have all this "Spam" clogging up the mailing list, so please do not post them to the list at all. A lot of those "virus" warnings are also false. Check them out first from a reliable source before forwarding, or delete them. And, please DO NOT forward them to the list !! I have provided a list of the best anti-hoax resources available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/maillist.htm Most of these sites simply provide information, but it's authoritative and very useful information. One offers cut-and-paste templates to send out in answer to particular hoax messages. Bookmark your favorites and share them with those "in need" (you know the ones I mean). Newsletter August 2000EasternKentucky Review: The Genealogy news and update newsletter for East Kentucky Genealogy, the Official Website for the EASTERNKENTUCY Genealogy Mailing List. ISSUE 1, August 7, 2000, Circulation 400+ and growing. Editors: Terry Thacker. TheHobbyBarn@aol.com
We are pleased to announce that we now have eight volunteers in place and ready to do lookups on our Volunteer page. Our volunteers are: Linda Curnutte, Nellie Dwyer, Sharon Warner, Mary Pinion, Diana Crace, Sharon Young Jebavy, Joan Ball Williams & Diane Montgomery Parsons
The lookup resources are for the following Kentucky counties: Bath County Lawrence County Bell County Leslie County Breathitt County Letcher County Carter County Magoffin County Clay County Morgan County Floyd County Perry County Greenup County Pike County Harlan County Wolfe County Johnson County
We also have some great general Kentucky data and census records for Wayne County, West VA. We want to thank all our wonderful volunteers and are still looking for more volunteers for the other Kentucky Counties. Please check out our Volunteer page and sign up as a volunteer today. We have had more members to submit their Website url’s for our Members page. If you have a Website, or you just want to see your name listed on our Members page, visit our Members page and submit your name, email address & Website url today. On our Research Exchange page, Patsy Roe has Signed up as a research exchange volunteer. Patsy Roe has offered to do lookups in the Powell County Census for the years 1860-1870-1880-1900- 1910-1920. Stop by and she what lookup she has requested in exchange. Nellie Dwyer, one of our lookup volunteers, has offered some great genealogy material from Harlan and Clay Counties. We will get them posted for everyone to read as soon as possible. Thank you, Nellie! Beth Adams, sadam@mnsinc.com, has offered to do paid lookups. The following is only a small portion of what she has access to at NARA: (National Archives in Washington, DC) Revolutionary War - Pensions, Bounty Land Warrants, Service Records, Final Last Payment Vouchers War of 1812 – Pensions, Bounty Land Warrants and Service Records Mexican War – same as War of 1812 Civil War (Union) - pension records, service records, department and regimental order and descriptive books. Civil War (Confederate) – Service records National Home for Soldier's registers Land Records Military Headstone Applications Current rates are as follows: Research: $20.00 for pensions; $15.00 for service records Microfilm Copies: $.50/per page Xerox Copies: $.20/per page plus shipping Contact Beth Adams directly, if you are interested.
We are always updating and adding new data to the Eastern Kentucky Genealogy Website. I want to thank everyone for your input. I encourage your comments and help. Back to TopNewsletter February 2001EasternKentucky Review: The Genealogy news and update newsletter for East Kentucky Genealogy, the Official Website for the EASTERNKENTUCY Genealogy Mailing List.
ISSUE 2, February 2001, Circulation 450+ and growing. Editors: Terry Thacker. TheHobbyBarn@aol.com
EAST KENTUCKY GENEALOGY has been updated and NEW material(s) are being added all the time. Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/new.htm to see what has been added today. You may send in your items to be added there by emailing us at TheHobbyBarn@aol.com please put "NEW" in the SUBJECT line.
EAST KENTUCKY PICTURES is also a new feature. We are trying to build a collection of old eastern Kentucky pictures. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/lost.html
KENTUCKY SWAP SHOP is just the right place for you to SELL, SWAP, or TRADE your genealogy related material. Have you had a book published? Do you produce fiche or CD's or databases? Maybe you have a Video or Audio tape of genealogical importance to sell? Have a resource book, CD or other that you would like to sell, swap or trade? Do you want to sell these items directly to the public? I would like to invite people to use this space as a market place for any genealogy material that individuals have for sale, swap or trade. Please contact me and I will include it on this list. There is no charge for this service. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/swap.htm
SPECIAL MENTION this month goes out to MARY ANN MERRITT (merrittone@home.com) for the wonderful job she is doing gathering all the SURNAMES from the "Roll Call" that is still ongoing. MARY ANN MERRITT has already complied over 1200 surnames and isn't nearly finished yet! The SURNAMES already gathered could be viewed from http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/index.htm thanks Mary! Post your "ROLL CALL" SURNAMES to the mailing list now!
EAST KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS: Our volunteers are very special people. They provide FREE LOOK-UPS to our members and others. When requesting a look-up, make sure to follow the rules that are set down to make it easier for our volunteers. These rules are very simple and may be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyekg/volunteer.htm
Our VOLUNTEERS ARE: Joan Williams, Sharon Young Jebavy, Mary Pinion, Sharon Warner, Nellie Dwyer, Linda Curnutte, Janice LaFountain, Pauline Hammond, Deborah Thornsbury Keser, Debi Houser Kendrick, Kayleene Lowe, Richard Hall Akers and Diane Montgomery Parsons
5. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM ON THE LIST, please give me (Terry Thacker) a chance to handle it. If you have a problem with the list, or me, then please let me know. My Email address is; TheHobbyBarn@aol.com
Now, on the lighter side. The East Kentucky Chat Room has seen a dramatic increase in participation. Folks from eleven different mailing lists, including Russell Co., Va., are stopping by. We rarely have a night that, at least, one brickwall isn't chipped into! Besides the new contacts that we're all making here, we're being told by many (including first time chatters) that our chat room is a comfortable and fun place to be. We're sorry to say that webtv users can't access this Java enabled chat room, but we're always looking for an acceptable replacement that can include everyone. If you haven't tried the chat room, but think you'd like to contact me Terry Thacker at: TheHobbyBarn@aol.com for instructions. Chat Room hosts are: Mary Pinion and myself (Terry Thacker). Back to Top |
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